Panaji, 27th April, 2023 (Vaishaka 7, 1945)

SERIES I No. 4

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2021-2023

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

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INDEX

Department

Notification/Order/Addendum

Subject

Pages

Civil Supplies

Not.- DCS/EST/Asst.Director/

Withdrawal of the Departmental

and Consumer Affairs

/2023-24/317

Examination Rules for officers in the

cadre of Assistant Director.

Education

Addm.-SCERT/Admn/Restruc-

Addition to designation of Associate

turing/Creation of post/RRs/2017/

Professor and Assistant Professors.

/670/1289

3. a. Finance

Off. Memo-12/3/82-Fin(R&C)/Vol.II/

Grant of Dearness Relief to Central

(Revenue & Control

/3364

Government pensioners/family

Division)

pensioners— Revised rate.

b. —do—

Ord.- 3-104/2018-19/IPA/3371

Pattern of Assistance Governing

Grant-in-Aid to the Institute of

Public Assistance (Provedoria).

Inspectorate of

Ord.- I/11/(5)/IFB/2023/113

Revision of Fees.

Factories and Boilers

Law & Judiciary

Not.- 8/90/2020-LD(Estt)/721

Amendment to Table of Fees.

(Establishment Division)

Personnel

Not.- 1/2/2007-PER

RRs.— The Goa State Forensic

Science Laboratory.

7. a. Revenue

Not.- 35/06/01/2018-RD-I/508

The Goa Stamp (Determination of True

Market Value of Property) (Amendment)

Rules, 2023.

b. —do—

Ord.- 35/4/2016-RD/544

Amendment to Principal Order.

Social Welfare

Amndt. to Not.- 83/06/07/SDB/

Amendment to Ummid Scheme.

/Part/418

Town and Country

Not.- 21/1/TCP(A)/2021/Steering

DR—The Goa Land Development and

Planning

Committee/675

Building Construction (Amendment)

Regulations, 2023.

10.

Vigilance

Ord.- 13/153/2016-VIG/529

Revival of Posts.

OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA

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27TH APRIL, 2023

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Civil Supplies and

Consumer Affairs

––

Notification

DCS/EST/Asst.Director/2023-24/317

The Departmental Examination Rules for

Officers in the Cadre of Assistant Director Civil

Supplies, notified & published in the Official

Gazette No. 51, Series I dated 23-03-2023,

vide Notification No. DCS/EST/Asst. Director/

/2022-23/4567 dated 21-03-2023, stands

withdrawn with immediate effect.

By order and in the name of Governor of

Goa.

Gopal A. Parsekar, Director, Civil Supplies

and Consumer Affairs & ex officio Joint

Secretary.

Panaji, 26th April, 2023.

———uuu———

Department of Education, Art & Culture

Directorate of Education

–––

Addendum

SCERT/Admn/Restructuring/Creation of

post/RRs/2017/670/820

Read Order: SCERT/Admn/Restructuring/

/Creation of post/RRs/2017/

/670/1289 dated 14-7-2020.

In the above referred Order at Sr. No. 3

Col. No. 02 Designation of Associate Professor

the following shall be added:

Head, Division Educational Research,

Survey and Assessment — 01 Post.

Head, Division of Teacher Education—

01 Post.

And also at Sr. No. 04 Col. No. 02 Designation

of Assistant Professors the following shall be

added:

One Post each in Physics, Chemistry,

Biology, Mathematics, English, Indian

Languages Leadership & Management and

ICT.

The other content of the order remains

unchanged.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Shailesh R. Sinai Zingde, ex officio Jt.

Secretary (School Education) & Director of

Education.

Porvorim, 18th April, 2023.

———uuu———

Department of Finance

Revenue & Control Division

––

Office Memorandum

12/3/82-Fin(R&C)/Vol.II/3364

The Office Memorandum No. 42/04/2023-

P&PW(D) dated 06-04-2023 transcribed

below regarding Grant of Dearness Relief to

Central Government pensioners/family

pensioners—Revised rate effective from

01-01-2023 issued by the Government of

India, Ministry of Personnel, Public

Grievances & Pensions, Department of

Pension & Pensioners Welfare, New Delhi has

been adopted by the State Government.

The Dearness Relief @ 42% is to be paid to

the pensioners alongwith with arrears from

01-01-2023 to 30-04-2023 alongwith the

pension for the month of May, 2023.

Pranab G. Bhat, Under Secretary, Finance

(R&C).

Porvorim, 19th April, 2023.

–––––––

F. No. 42/04/2023-P&PW(D)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances

& Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioner’s

Welfare

8th Floor, B-Wing, Janpath Bhavan,

Janpath, New Delhi - 110001

Date: 06th April, 2023.

OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA

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27TH APRIL, 2023

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of Dearness Relief to Central

Government pensioners/family pensioners-

Revised rate effective from 01-01-2023.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this

Department’s OM No. 42/07/2022-P&PW(D)

dated 08-10-2022 on the subject mentioned

above and to state that the President is

pleased to decide that the Dearness Relief

admissible to Central Government Pensioners/

/Family Pensioners shall be enhanced from

the existing rate of 38% to 42% of the basic

pension/family pension (including additional

pension/family pension) w.e.f. 01-01-2023.

2. These rates of DR will be applicable to

the following categories:—

i. Civilian Central Government Pensioners/

/Family Pensioners including Central

Government absorbee pensioners in PSU/

/Autonomous Bodies in respect of whom

orders have been issued vide this

Department’s OM No. 4/34/2002-P&PW(D)VoI.II

dated 23-06-2017 for restoration of full

pension after expiry of commutation period

of 15 years.

ii. The Armed Forces Pensioners/

/Family Pensioners and Civilian Pensioners/

/Family Pensioners paid out of the Defence

Service Estimates.

iii. All India Service Pensioners/Family

Pensioners.

iv. Railway Pensioners/Family Pensioners.

v. Pensioners who are in receipt of

provisional pension.

vi. The Burma Civilian Pensioners/Family

Pensioners and Pensioners/families of

displaced Government pensioners from

Burma/Pakistan, in respect of whom orders

have been issued vide this Department’s

O. M. No. 23/3/2008-P&PW(B) dated

11-09-2017.

3. The payment of Dearness Relief involving

a fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to

the next higher rupee.

4. Other provisions governing grant of DR

in respect of employed family pensioners and

re-employed Central Government Pensioners

will be regulated in accordance with the

provisions contained in Rule 52 of CCS

(Pension) Rules, 2021 and this Department’s

O. M. No. 45/73/97-P&PW(G) dated 2-7-1999

as amended from time to time. The provisions

relating to regulation of DR where a pensioner

is in receipt of more than one pension will

remain unchanged.

5. In the case of retired Judges of the

Supreme Court and High Courts, necessary

orders will be issued by the Department of

Justice separately.

6. It will be the responsibility of the pension

disbursing authorities, including the

nationalized banks, etc. to calculate the

quantum of DR payable in each individual

case.

7. The offices of Accountant General and

authorised Pension Disbursing Banks are

requested to arrange payment of relief to

Pensioners/Family Pensioners on the basis of

these instructions without waiting for any

further instructions from the Comptroller and

Auditor General of India and the Reserve

Bank of India in view of letter No. 528-TA,II/

/34-80-II dated 23-04-1981 of the Comptroller

and Auditor General of India addressed to all

Accountant Generals and Reserve Bank of

India Circular No. GANB No. 2958/GA-64 (ii)

(CGL)/81 dated the 21st May, 1981 addressed

to State Bank of India and its subsidiaries and

all Nationalised Banks.

8. In so far as the persons serving in Indian

Audit and Accounts Department are

concerned, these orders are issued in

consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor

General of India, as mandated under Article

148 (5) of the Constitution of India.

OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA

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9. This issues in accordance with the

Ministry

Finance,

Department

Expenditure’s O. M. No. 1/1/2023-E.II(B) dated

03-04-2023.

Hindi version will follow.

Sd/-

(Rajendra Kumar Dutta)

Under Secretary to the Government of India.

______

Order

3-104/2018-19/IPA/3371

Sanction of the Government is hereby

conveyed to the following Pattern of

Assistance Governing Grant-in-Aid to the

Institute of Public Assistance (Provedoria).

1. The Institute shall be entitled to receive

the grants for meeting the expenditure as

enlisted below:

i) Payment of Salaries & Wages,

Allowances, Medical Reimbursement,

Leave salary & Pension contribution, Leave

encashment, Gratuity and Commutation,

Stipend, Honorarium etc.

ii) Payment of pension to the retired

employees of the institute.

iii)

Construction,

expansion

and

upgradation of the office building and

Institutions (Old Age Homes, Children’s

centre etc.) under the administrative

control of IPA Provedoria.

iv) Administrative expenditure such as

expenditure

electricity,

water,

telephone, gas, fuel, lubricants, Printing &

Stationery, Postage & Telegraph, Repairs

& Maintenance, Housekeeping & Security,

advertising & publicity, professional fees,

rates & taxes, Training and other

programmer.

v) Procurement of vehicle, computers &

peripherals, furnitures & fixtures, equipment

and other assets.

vi) Expenditure on various schemes

implemented by IPA (Provedoria).

vii) Any other expenditure of recurring

and non-recurring in nature, not specified

above, but is required to attain the aims

and objectives of the Institute.

2. Recurring grants for the purposes as

above shall be utilized for the purpose for

which it is sanctioned.

3. The amount of grant remaining unspent

at the close of the Financial Year shall be

adjusted in the grants of next Financial Year

in case it has not been surrendered.

4. The Grant-in-Aid to the Institute of Public

Assistance (Provedoria) shall be restricted to

a maximum of Rs. 20.00 crores.

All conditions of service of the employees

of the Institute of Public Assistance

(Provedoria) shall be as specified by the

Government from time to time.

5. All interest or other earnings against

Grant-in-Aid released to the Grantee

institutions should be mandatorily remitted

to the Government Treasury immediately

after finalization of the Accounts.

6. No liability towards engagement of

additional staff in any mode would be met

out of Grant-in-Aid by Provedoria without

prior approval of the Finance Department.

7. The assets acquired wholly or

substantially out of the grants released,

except those declared as obsolete and

unserviceable or condemned in accordance

with the procedure laid down in the General

Financial Rules, shall not be disposed off

without prior sanction of the Government.

Further, the assets so acquired shall be

reverted to the Government in case of

winding up of the grantee institution. The

inventory of articles/assets shall be

maintained in such form and in such a

manner as prescribed under General

Financial Rule or any other rule of the

Government.

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8. The grantee must exercise reasonable

economy and observe financial propriety

while incurring the expenditure. The grantee

shall conduct its activities in conformity with

the rules in force applicable to the

Government.

9. The grants shall be released as per the

schedule given here below:

In the month of April - 40% of the

Budgetary

allocation.

In the month of July

- 30% of the

Budgetary

allocation.

On submission of the - Balance

Audited Statement of

amount of

Accounts and Perfor-

the Budge-

mance cum achieve-

tary alloca-

ment report of the

tion.

previous Financial

Year.

10.

Institute

Public

Assistance

(Provedoria) shall submit to the Government

annual

financial

statement/budgetary

estimate alongwith the supporting details, if

any, by 30th September in the year preceding

the year for which the Grant-in-Aid is

sought.

11. The Grantee institution shall maintain

books of accounts and other books in such a

form and in such a manner as prescribed by

the Government from time to time.

12. Accounts of the Grantee institution shall

be open for inspection by the Government

and shall be subject to the audit by the

Comptroller & Auditor General of India and

as well as by the Auditor appointed by the

Government at its discretion.

13. The institution shall get its accounts

audited from the Chartered Accountant to be

appointed by following the rules in force.

14. The Grantee institution shall be entitled

for the grants for subsequent Financial Year

only after submission of Utilization Certificate

in the prescribed Form in respect of grants

released for the preceding Financial Year.

15. In case of misutilization of grants,

release of further grants shall be stopped and

the misutilized amount shall be recovered

from the Grantee Institution.

16. No grant is allowed to be paid to any

institution/voluntary organization out of these

grants.

17. The Grant in Aid shall be debited to

the following Budget Head under Demand

No. 30.

2235 — Social Security and Welfare (N.P.);

60 — Other Social Security and

Welfare Programmes;

800 — Other Expenditure;

01 — Lotteries;

31 — Grant-in-Aid.

18. The amount shall be drawn from the

Directorate of Accounts on presentation of the

bill in Form GAR 32 duly countersigned by

the Joint Director of Accounts/Accounts

Officer of Directorate of Small Savings and

Lotteries, Altinho, Panaji-Goa.

19. The pattern of assistance shall be

reviewed after duration of three years in

consultation with Finance Department.

20. This issues with the approval of the

Finance (Exp.) Department under U. O.

No. 1374/F dated 04-10-2022.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Vikas S. N. Gaunekar, Additional Secretary,

Finance.

Porvorim, 21st April, 2023.

OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA

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Inspectorate of Factories and Boilers

–––

Order

I/11/(5)/IFB/2023/113

Sanction of the Government is hereby

conveyed for revision of existing fees charged

for imparting training by Inspectorate of

Factories and Boilers, Altinho, Panaji from

Rs. 500/- per day per participant to Rs. 750/-

per day per participant with immediate

effect.

This issues with the concurrence of the

Finance Department vide U. O. No. 1400039880

dated 24-03-2023.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

P Pravimal Abhishek, IAS, Chief Inspector

of Factories & Boilers and ex officio Joint

Secretary.

Panaji, 20th April, 2023.

———ttt———

Department of Law & Judiciary

Law (Establishment) Division

Notification

8/90/2020-LD(Estt)/721

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 78 of the Registration Act, 1908 (16 of

1908), as in force in the State of Goa, read

with section 21 of the General Clauses Act,

1897 (Central Act 10 of 1897), and all other

powers enabling it in this behalf, the

Government of Goa hereby further amends

the Table of Fees as published in the Official

Gazette (Supplement) Series I No. 31, dated

01-11-1965, as follows, namely:—

In the Table of Fees, in article I,-

(i) in item (3), in clause (a), the following

note shall be inserted, namely:—

“Note.— For a period of three months with

effect from the 1st day of May, 2023, the

registration fee at the rate of one percent of

the present market value of the property shall

be levied in case of an instrument such as a

Deed of Conveyance or Deed of Sale or Deed

of Transfer executed in pursuance of an

Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding

executed on or before 31-03-2014 in

respect of,—

(i) a plot of land of an area not exceeding

600 square meters where the occupancy

certificate also has been obtained after

completion of construction on such plot of

land on or before the said date; or

(ii) a dwelling unit having built up area

not exceeding 200 square meters.”;

(ii) for Note 1, the following note shall be

substituted, namely:—

“Note 1.— For a period of three months with

effect from the 1st day of May, 2023, the

registration fee at the rate of one percent of

the present market value of the property shall

be levied on conveyance executed by or on

behalf of the co-operative housing society

which has been registered under the Goa

Co-operative Societies Act, 2001 (Goa Act 36

of 2001) on or before 31-03-2014.”.

This Notification shall come into force on

the 1st day of May, 2023.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Amir Y. Parab, Under Secretary, Law (Estt).

Porvorim, 26th April, 2023.

OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA

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27TH APRIL, 2023

Department of Personnel

––

Notification

1/2/2007-PER

In exercise of the powers conferred by the

proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of

India, the Governor of Goa hereby makes the

following rules to regulate the recruitment to

the Group ‘A’, Gazetted and Group ‘B’, Non-

Gazetted, Non-Ministerial posts, in the Goa

State Forensic Science Laboratory, under

Office of the Director General of Police,

Government of Goa, namely:—

Short

title,

application

and

commencement.— (1) These rules may be

called the Government of Goa, the Goa State

Forensic Science Laboratory, Office of the

Director General of Police, Group ‘A’, Gazetted

and Group ‘B’, Non-Gazetted, Non-Ministerial

posts, Recruitment Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall apply to the posts specified

in column (2) of the Schedule to these rules

(hereinafter called as the “said Schedule”).

(3) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Number, classification and level in the

pay matrix.— The number of posts,

classification of the said posts and level in

the pay matrix thereof shall be as specified

in columns (3) to (5) of the said Schedule:

Provided that the Government may vary

the number of posts as specified in column

(3) of the said Schedule from time to time

subject to exigencies of work.

3. Method of recruitment, age limit and

other qualifications.— The method of

recruitment to the said posts, age limit,

qualifications and other matters connected

therewith shall be as specified in columns

(6) to (14) of the said Schedule.

4. Disqualification.— No person who has

entered into or contracted a marriage with a

person having a spouse living or who, having

a spouse living, has entered into or contracted

a marriage with any person, shall be eligible

for appointment to the service:

Provided that the Government may, if

satisfied that such marriage is permissible

under the personal law applicable to such

person and the other party to the marriage

and that there are other grounds for so doing,

exempt any person from the operation of this

rule.

5. Power to relax.— Where, the Government

is of the opinion that it is necessary or

expedient so to do, it may, by order, for

reasons to be recorded in writing and in

consultation with the Goa Public Service

Commission, relax any of the provisions of

these rules with respect to any class or

category of persons.

6. Saving.— Nothing in these rules shall

affect reservation, relaxation of age limit and

other concessions required to be provided

for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other

Backward Classes, Ex-servicemen and other

special categories of persons in accordance

with the orders issued by the Government

from time to time in that regard.

These rules are issued in consultation with

the Goa Public Service Commission conveyed

vide its letter No. COM/II/13/37(1)/2023/03

dated 03-04-2023 and No. COM/II/13/37(2)/

/2023/04 dated 03-04-2023.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Eshant V. Sawant, Under Secretary

(Personnel-I).

Porvorim, 21st April, 2023.

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SCHEDULE

Age

limit

for

direct

recruits

Period

proba-

tion, if

any

Method of

recruitment,

whether by direct

recruitment or

by promotion

or by deputation/

/absorption and

percentage

of the vacancies

to be filled by

various methods

In case of recruit-

ment by promo-

tion/

/deputation/

/absorption

grades

from which

promotion/

/deputation/

/absorption

to be made

Educational

and other

qualifica-

tions

required for

direct

recruits

Classifi-

cation

Whether age & educational

qualifications prescribed for the

direct recruits will apply in the

case of promotees

Level

in the

Pay

Matrix

If a

D.P.C./

/D.S.C.

exists,

what is its

compo-

sition

Circum-

stances in

which the

Goa Public

Service

Commission

is to be

consulted in

making

recruitment

Whether

selec-

tion

post or

non-

selec-

tion

post

Name/

/Desig-

nation of

the post

Number

posts

Serial No.

(2023).

(Subject

varia-

tion

depen-

dent on

work-

load).

Selec-

tion.

Group

‘A’,

Gazetted,

Non-

Ministe-

rial.

L-10.

Essential:

1) Master’s Degree

with Second class in

Microbiology/Genetics/

Zoology/Boitechnology/

Forensic Science with

Zoology as one of the

subject at the level of

Bachelor’s Degree in

Science from a recog-

nized University.

2) Five years experience

in the relevant field in a

State/Central Forensic

Science Laboratory.

3) Knowledge of

Computer.

4) Knowledge of

Konkani.

Note: In case of non-

availability of suitable

candidates with know-

ledge of Konkani for the

post, the Goa Public

Service Commission may

recommend a candidate

if otherwise found fit and

this requirement can be

relaxed by the Govern-

Two

years.

By promotion,

failing which,

by deputa-

tion, failing

both, by

direct

recruitment.

Scien-

tific

Officer

(DNA).

Promotion:

a) Scientific

Assistant

(DNA) with

eight years of

regular service

in the grade.

Deputation:

Officials

holding

analogous post

in State/

/Central

Forensic

Science

Laboratory.

No.

Not

exceed-

ing 45

years

(Relaxable

for

Govern-

ment

servants

upto 5

years in

accor-

dance

with the

instruc-

tions or

orders

issued by

the

Govern-

ment

from

time to

time).

Consultation

with the Goa

Public

Service

Commission

is necessary

for making

direct

recruitment,

promotion,

confirmation,

selecting an

officer for

appointment

by deputa-

tion and for

amending/

/relaxing

any of the

provisions

of these

rules.

Goup ‘A’

D.P.C.

consisting of:-

1) Chairman/

/Member

Goa Public

Service

Commission -

Chairman.

2) Chief

Secretary or

his nominee -

Member.

3) Admini-

strative

Secretary/

/Head of

Department-

Member.

(For

promotion

and

confirmation).

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ment, on the recommen-

dation of the Goa Public

Service Commission, if the

Government is of the

opinion that it is nece-

ssary or expedient so to

do.

(5)Physical Standards:

(i) Must be physically

fit to perform duty in the

relevant field.

(ii) Must have following

standard of distant/near

vision

with/without

glasses:

Note: Each eye must have

full

field

vision.

Candidates with unioccular

vision, amblyopia, colour

blindness, squint or any

morbid conditions of the

eyes or lids of either eye

and perforated ear drum,

shall be deemed to be

disqualified.

Desirable:

(i) Doctorate Degree in

Science

from

recognized University.

(ii) Knowledge of

Marathi.

Distant Vision

Right

Left

Eye

6/6

(snellen)

Near Vision

Right

Left

Eye

0.5

(snellen)

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27TH APRIL, 2023

(2023)

(Subject

varia-

tion

depen-

dent on

work-

load).

N.A.

Group

‘B’ Non-

Gazetted,

Non-

Ministe-

rial.

L-6.

Essential:

1) Master’s Degree

with Second class in

Microbiology/Genet-

ics/Zoology/Biotech-

nology/Forensic

Science with Zoology as

one of the subject at

the level of Bachelor’s

Degree in Science from

a recognized Univer-

sity.

2) Knowledge of

Computer.

3) Knowledge of

Konkani.

4) Physical Stan-

dards:

(i) Must be physi-

cally fit to perform

duty in the relevant

field.

(ii) Candidate must

have following stan-

dard of distant/near

vision with/without

glasses:

Two

years.

By direct

recruitment.

Scien-

tific

Assis-

tant

(DNA).

N.A.

Not

exceed-

ing 45

years

(Relaxable

for

Govern-

ment

servants

upto five

years in

accor-

dance

with the

instruc-

tions or

orders

issued by

the

Govern-

ment

from

time to

time).

Consulta-

tion with

Goa Public

Service

Commission

is neces-

sary while

making

direct

recruitment,

confirma-

tion, and for

amending/

/relaxing

any of the

provisions

of these

rules.

Goup ‘B’

D.P.C.

consisting

of:-

1) Chairman/

/Member,

Goa Public

Service

Commission-

- Chairman.

2) Chief

Secretary or

his nominee-

- Member.

3) Admini-

strative

Secretary/

/Head of

Department-

Member.

(For

confirmation).

Near Vision

Right

Left

Eye

0.5

(snellen)

Distant Vision

Right

Left

Eye

6/6

(snellen)

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Department of Revenue

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Notification

35/06/01/2018-RD-I/508

In exercise of the powers conferred by

section 75 of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act

2 of 1899), as in force in the State of Goa, the

Government of Goa hereby makes the

following rules so as to further amend the

Goa Stamp (Determination of True Market

Value of Property) Rules, 2003, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These rules may be called the Goa Stamp

(Determination of True Market Value of

Property) (Amendment) Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 4.— In rule 4 of the

Goa Stamp (Determination of True Market

Value of Property) Rules, 2003, for sub-rules

(1) to (6) the following sub-rules shall be

respectively substituted, namely:—

“(1) The Collectors shall prepare an

annual statement of rates showing average

rates of lands, and a Working Group

Committee constituted by the Government

shall prepare an annual statement of rates

showing average rates of built up

properties, situated in every Taluka,

Municipality or local body area in their

respective district with the help of such

other officers as may be appointed by the

Government from time to time and submit

the same for approval to the Government,

latest by 31st October of each year.

(2) The data in respect of average rates

of lands and built up properties in every

Taluka, Municipality or local body area shall

be arranged in the annual statement of

rates as far as possible in ward-wise/zone-

wise manner in respect of urban properties

and in respect of rural, developing and

coastal properties, taluka-wise and village-

wise, as the case may be. For the purpose

of average annual rates, properties may be

Note: Each eye must

have full field of

vision. Candidates

with unioccular

vision, amblyopia,

colour blindness,

squint or any morbid

conditions of the eyes

or lids of either eye

and perforated ear

drum, shall be

deemed to be

disqualified.

Desirable:

Knowledge of

Marathi.

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divided into groups, sub-groups or classes

after taking into account the type of the

land, types of construction, location and

situational advantages or disadvantages of

property. While working out such average

rates the Collectors and the Working Group

Committee shall take into account the

established principles of valuation and any

other details that are deemed necessary.

(3) The Government shall, by an order,

notify annual statement of rates showing

average rates of land and built up

properties situated in every Taluka, under

the heads “urban, developing, coastal, rural

and similar areas” (hereinafter called the

“annual statement of rates”) as soon as

they are made for the first time, and,

thereafter, every year on the 1st day of

January, taking into account the average

rates of lands prepared and submitted by

the Collectors and the Working Group

Committee.

(4) (a) If the Government is not in a

position to notify the annual statement of

rates as mentioned in sub-rule (3) above,

on the 1st day of January in any year due

to any unforeseen administrative difficulties

or otherwise, the rates mentioned in the

annual statement of rates for the year

immediately preceding thereto shall

continue to be in force as modified by

interim orders to be similarly notified as

and when deemed necessary, keeping in

view the change in market rates of

immovable properties.

(b) Pending the completion of preparation

of the annual statement of rates as laid out

in sub-rule (3) above, the Government may,

by order, issue interim statement of rates

by classifying the land and built up

properties under different categories like

municipal areas, developing areas, rural

areas, coastal areas and other categories

which shall remain in force till the coming

into force of the annual statement of rates

in terms of sub-rule (3) of rule 4.

(5) The Collectors and the Working

Group Committee shall annually supply to

the Registering Officers in the district, a

copy of the above annual statement

showing the average rates of lands and

built up properties, as the case may be.

Every registering officer shall cause a copy

of such statement to be affixed at the notice

board of the Registration Office.

(6) Every Registering Officer, shall, while

registering any instrument produced before

him for registration, verify the market-value

of land and built up property from the

above statement and if the market-value

as stated in the instrument is less than the

minimum

value

prescribed

the

statement, he shall refer the same to the

Collector of the District for determination

of true market-value of the land/built up

property which is the subject matter of the

instrument and for determination of the

proper duty payable thereon”.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Durga Kinlekar, Under Secretary (Revenue-I).

Porvorim, 21st April, 2023.

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Order

35/4/2016-RD/544

Read:(1) Government Order No. 35/4/2016-

RD dated 30-03-2017, published in

the Official Gazette (Extraordinary)

Series I No. 52 dated 30-03-2017.

(2) Government Order No. 35/01/03/

/2018-RD/1029 dated 31-05-2018,

published in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 10 dated 07-06-2018.

(3) Government Order No. 35/4/2016-

-RD/2587

dated

14-11-2019,

published in the Official Gazette,

Series I No. 35 dated 28-11-2019.

(4) Government Order No. 35/4/2016-

-RD dated 12-10-2022, published in

the Official Gazette (Extraordinary)

No. 6, Series I No. 27 dated

12-10-2022.

In exercise of the powers conferred by

clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of

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the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (Act 2 of 1899),

as in force in the State of Goa, read with

section 21 of the General Clauses Act, 1897

(10 of 1897), the Government of Goa hereby

further amends the Government Order

No. 35/4/2016-RD dated 30-03-2017, published

in the Official Gazette, Extraordinary, Series I

No. 52 dated 30-03-2017 (hereinafter referred

to as the “principal Order”) as follows,

namely:—

In the principal Order,-

(I) after clause (i), the following clause

shall be inserted, namely:—

“[ia]

reduces

the

stamp

duty

chargeable on conveyance such as a

Deed of Conveyance or Deed of Sale or

Deed of Transfer executed in pursuance

of an Agreement or Memorandum of

Understanding executed on or before

31-03-2014 in respect of,—

(i) a plot of land of an area not

exceeding 600 square meters where

the occupancy certificate also has

been obtained after completion of

construction on such plot of land on

or before the said date; or

(ii) a dwelling unit having built up

area not exceeding 200 square meters,

(not being a transfer charged or

exempted under article No. 62), which

is presently specified in article 22(b) of

Schedule I-A of the said Act, to the scale

of one percent of the present market

value of the property, for a period of three

months with effect from the 1st day of

May, 2023;”;

(II) for clause (ii), the following clause

shall be substituted, namely:—

“(ii)

reduces

the

stamp

duty

chargeable on conveyance (not being a

transfer charged or exempted under

article No. 62) so far as it relates to

immovable property, which is presently

specified in article 22(b) of Schedule I-A

of the said Act, executed by or on behalf

of the co-operative housing society

which has been registered under the

Goa Co-operative Societies Act, 2001

(Goa Act 36 of 2001) on or before

31-03-2014, to the scale of one percent

of the present market value of the

property, for a period of three months

with effect from the 1st day of May,

2023;”.

This order shall come into force on the 1st

day of May, 2023.

By order and in the name of the Governor

of Goa.

Durga Kinlekar, Under Secretary (Revenue-I).

Porvorim, 26th April, 2023.

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Department of Social Welfare

Directorate of Social Welfare

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Amendment to Notification

83/06/07/SDB/Part/418

Read: Notification No. 83/6/06/SDB dated

25th July, 2006.

The Government of Goa is pleased to amend

the scheme ‘Ummid Scheme’ and the same is

published in the Official Gazette for information

of general public.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Sandhya Kamat, Director & ex officio Addl.

Secretary (SW).

Panaji, 21st April, 2023.

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Clause 4 Identification of beneficiaries: The

following shall be replaced:

1. NGOs registered under Society Act/

/Trust/Village Panchayats/Municipalities

shall identify the beneficiaries.

2. They shall maintain the register of the

beneficiaries.

Clause 5 Day Care Centre “Ummid”: The

following shall be replaced:

2. NGOs registered under Society Act/

/Trust/Village Panchayat/Municipalities

may apply in the prescribed Performa ‘A’.

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2. The premises in which Ummid Centre

will be established should have basic

facilities such as proper sitting room having

minimum 25 sq. mt. area with proper toilet

facility proper light and fan arrangement

drinking of water facility etc. There should

be at least one full time attendant.

Clause 6 Financial Assistance: The following

shall be added:

2. (d) Telephone/Mobile Charges.

(h) Rent of the premises to be claimed on

the production of rent payment certificate.

Clause 8 Free hearing and vision testing and

supply aids, spectacles and walking aids: The

following shall be replaced:

NGOs registered under Society Act/Trust/

/Village Panchayats/Municipalities may

organize camps with the help of Government

hospitals/Private hospitals/sponsors for

providing free hearing aid, spectacles,

walking aids, etc.

Clause 9 Health check-up: The following shall

be replaced:

NGOs registered under Society Act/Trust/

/Village Panchayat/Municipalities may

organize Health check up with the help of

Government hospitals/Private hospitals/

/Sponsors.

Clause 13 Relaxation: The following shall be

added:

Government may modify the scheme or

some of the changes of the scheme if

required.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Goa.

Sandhya Kamat, Director & ex-officio Addl.

Secretary (SW).

Panaji, 21st April, 2023.

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Department of Town & Country Planning

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Notification

21/1/TCP(A)/2021/Steering Committee/675

The following draft regulations which the

Government of Goa proposes to make in

exercise of the powers conferred by sub-

sections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the Goa

(Regulation of Land Development and

Building Construction) Act, 2008 (Goa Act 6

of 2008) so as to further amend the Goa Land

Development and Building Construction

Regulations, 2010, are hereby pre-published

as required by section 5 of the said Act, for

information of all the persons likely to be

affected thereby and notice is hereby given

that the said draft regulations will be taken

into consideration by the Government after

expiry of a period of 30 days from the date of

publication of this Notification in the Official

Gazette.

All objections and/or suggestions to the

said draft Regulations may be forwarded to

the Chief Town Planner (Administration),

Town and Country Planning Department, 2nd

Floor, Dempo Tower, Patto Plaza, Panaji, Goa,

before the expiry of the said period of 30 days

so that they may be taken into consideration

at the time of finalization of the said draft

Regulations.

DRAFT REGULATIONS

In exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 4 of the

Goa (Regulation of Land Development and

Building Construction) Act, 2008 (Goa Act 6

of 2008) and all other powers enabling it in

this behalf, the Government of Goa hereby

makes the following regulations so as to

further amend the Goa Land Development

and Building Construction Regulations, 2010,

namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.— (1)

These regulations may be called the Goa

Land Development and Building Construction

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on the date

of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of regulation 2.— In

regulation 2 of the Goa Land Development

and Building Construction Regulations, 2010

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal

Regulations”),—

(i) in clause (52), after the word

“established”, the expression “and having

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work experience atleast for a period of two

years under an Engineer/Structural

Engineer registered with the Town and

Country Planning Department or any local

authority” shall be substituted;

(ii) in clause (52A), for the expression

“3 years”, the expression “5 years” shall

be substituted;

(iii) in clause (52B), for the words “two

years”, the words “five years” shall be

substituted.

3. Amendment of regulation 6A.3.1.— In

regulation 6A.3.1 of the principal Regulations,—

(i) in clause (e), for the expression “10,000

sq. mts” and “2.50%” the expressions “5,000

m2” and “7.5%” shall be respectively

substituted;

(ii) in clause (i),—

(a) the existing paragraphs shall be

numbered as (i) and (ii) respectively and

after the paragraphs so numbered, the

following paragraphs shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(iii) Uses such as Agricultural

Research Centre/development centre/

/Agricultural Educational Institute/Bio-

Technology unit shall be permitted

provided that the plot has minimum area

of 2,00,000m2, the maximum Coverage,

FAR and height of building permissible

shall be 5%, 5% and 7.60 m respectively.

(iv) Open air sports or religious

structure shall be permitted provided

that the plot has minimum area of

20,000m2, the maximum Coverage, FAR

and height of building permissible shall

be 5%, 5% and 7.60 m respectively.

(v) Yoga or meditation centre shall be

permitted provided that the plot has

minimum area of 50,000m2, the

maximum Coverage, FAR and height of

building permissible shall be 5%, 5% and

7.60 m respectively.”;

(b) in paragraph (ii) as so numbered,

for the word “dairy”, the expression

“dairy and processing units allied to

agro products” shall be substituted.

4. Amendment of regulation 6A.4.— In

regulation 6A.4 of the principal Regulations,—

(i) for the existing Note (4), the following

note shall be substituted, namely:—

“(4) Farm houses within A1 and A2 zones

shall be permitted within maximum

permissible FAR as provided in Annexure

– XI, provided these lands are not classified

as “rice” (Paddy field) in Survey Records

and “forest”. However, in case of elevated

land, recorded as rice in the survey records

and the land is not low lying and also not

a “forest”, farm houses shall be permitted,

provided the minimum area of such land is

not less than 10,000m2, the maximum

ground coverage shall be limited to 2.5%

and the maximum built up area shall be

limited to 500m2 with a maximum height

of 7.60 m from the ground level to the eaves

of the roof.”;

(ii) in Note (16), for the expression “Further,

at the time of approval of development

plans, minimum 6 meters wide right of way

should be available on the site.”, the

expression “Notwithstanding minimum

width of road in zones I-1 to I-3 and S-4/R-

4 to S-1/R-1 specified in regulation 6A.4,

TABLE-VIII, the minimum width of road

requirements for buildings shall be as per

Annexure-XII” shall be substituted.

5. Amendment of regulation 10.— In

regulation 10 of the principal Regulations,—

after clause (e), the following shall be

inserted namely:—

“(f) All new and renovated non-

residential buildings and other residential

buildings, Co-operative Housing Societies

and Colonies managed by Residents

Welfare Associations (RWAs), with parking

demarcated for more than 10 equivalent

car spaces (‘ECS’) shall have atleast 20% of

such ‘ECS’ to be made ‘Electric Vehicle

ready’ ECS spots with conduits installed

as per the Goa Electric Mobility Promotion

Policy – 2021 as amended from time to time.

Note: Independent house on single holding shall

be exempted from the above regulation.”.

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6. Amendment of regulation 12.4.— In

regulation 12.4 of the principal Regulations,

for clause (d), the following clause shall be

substituted, namely:—

“(d) The open spaces shall be used for

recreational and community purposes of

the occupants of the sub-divided plots and/

/or for installations of public utilities,

provided that such installations do not

cover more than 5% of each of the open

space or they may cover by combining the

5% of each of the various existing/proposed

open space parcels within the existing/

/proposed sub-division layout and utilize

in one bigger parcel of the existing/

/proposed sub-division open space, a

minimum of 3.00 metre setback from any

edge of the plot is kept and the maximum

height of any construction is restricted to

6.00 m only. In case of water tower, the

height restriction will not be applicable.”.

7. Amendment of regulation 12.6.— In

regulation 12.6 of the principal Regulations,

in clause (b), sub-clause (iii) shall be omitted.

8. Amendment of regulation 12.7.— In

regulation 12.7 of the principal Regulations,

in clause (a), for sub-clause (i), the following

sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:—

“(i) The owner shall be permitted to

propose any of the following amenities as

per the requirement like Sports Complexes,

parking lots and charging stations, health

clubs, hospital, nursing homes, dispensary,

post office, police station, electrical sub-

station, ATM of bank, library, open market,

garbage bins/MRF, assisted living and

hospice together, senior citizen housing

and orphanage, project affected persons

housing, water supply, electric supply

installations and includes other utilities,

services and conveniences.”.

9. Amendment of regulation 22.4. (a).— In

regulation 22.4 (a) of the principal Regulations,—

(i) the existing provision shall be

numbered as clause (a);

(ii) after clause (a) so numbered and

before the note the following clause shall

be inserted, namely:—

“(b) Regularization of unauthorized

construction having an area of more

than 500 square metres, complying with

these regulations and built before

31-12-2020

may

done

recommendation of Town and Country

Planning Department or the Planning &

Development Authority by verifying that

the construction is carried out prior to

the cut off date i.e. 31-12-2020, period of

construction shall be ascertained based

on documents like electricity bill, water

supply bill, tax receipts and other

evidences. Compounding fee shall be

six times the normal license fee for

regularization of these structures.”.

(iii) for the existing note, the following

Note shall be substituted, namely:—

“Note: Regularization of constructions may

be considered in the conservation zones, only

with the recommendation of the Conservation

Committee. Similarly, regularization in Coastal

Regulation Zone can be considered only after

obtaining approval from the Goa Coastal Zone

Management Authority.”.

10. Amendment of regulation 22.5.— In

regulation 22.5 of the principal Regulations,

the following Note shall be inserted at the

end, namely:—

“Note: In case of increase in height of buildings

upto 5% or overall shift of position of the building

without reducing the setback requirements by

more than 5% and there is no increase in

additional floor area and is complying with

regulation 13.1 (b) then the levy of compounding

fee/charges as mentioned above shall not be

applicable.”.

11. Substitution of Annexure–XI.— In

Annexure–XI of the principal Regulations,—

(i) in clause 2, for the expression “5%

subject to a maximum of 500m2 per

holding. The maximum area permissible

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for a farm house irrespective of the area of plot will be 500m2.”, the expression “10%

subject to a maximum built up area of 500m2 per holding. The maximum built up area

permissible for a farm house irrespective of the area of plot will be 500m2.” shall be

substituted;

(ii) in clause 3, for the figure “5”, the figures “10” shall be substituted.

12. Substitution of Annexure - XII.— For Annexure – XII appended to the principal

Regulations, the following annexure shall be substituted, namely:—

“ANNEXURE – XII

27. XII

The requirement of minimum width of road from various residential buildings, commercial buildings

(resort/hotels) and Industrial buildings with restrictions shall be as follows:

Minimum width of road and extent of units/floor area in respect of residential buildings

Minimum width of access/road

No. of units

Total maximum floor area

required in meters.**

of entire/all building

3 mts. or less if passing through others

1 (single dwelling)

200 m2

land/Traditional access

3 mts. or more, but public road

1 (single dwelling)

500 m2

PUBLIC ROADS

> 3 upto 4 mts.

2 units

400 m2

> 4 upto 5 mts.

4 units

600 m2

> 5 upto 6 mts.

8 units

1000 m2

6 mts. or greater

180 units

20,000 m2

8 mts. or greater

more than 180 units

> 20,000 m2

** The project proponents shall leave the road widening area as prescribed in the Regional Plan/

/Outline Development Plan, and other roads not less than 6.0 mts. Most restrictive criteria among No. of

units and floor area shall be considered for fixing the minimum width of access.

Minimum width of road and extent of rooms/floor area in respect of resorts/hotel buildings

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Sl. No.

Type of Occupancy

Total floor area of the

Number of rooms

**Minimum width of

building in sq. mts.

access/road

required in meters.

Resorts/Hotel

1000

Up to 2000

Above 2000

more than 40

** The project proponents shall leave the road widening area as prescribed in the Regional Plan/Outline

Development Plan, and other roads not less than 8.0mts. Most restrictive criteria among No. of rooms and

floor area shall be considered for fixing the minimum width of access.

Minimum width of access and extent of floor area and number of storeys in respect of Industrial buildings

Sl.

Type of Occupancy

Total floor area of the

Number of storeys

**Minimum width of access

No..

building in sq. mts.

required in meters

(1)

Small Industry

500

(2)

Small Industry

1000

(3)

Small Industry

2000

(4)

others

Any area

As per permissible

height in Regulations

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** The project proponents shall leave the road widening area as prescribed in the Regional

Plan/Outline Development Plan and other roads not less than 10.0 mts. Most restrictive

criteria among Number of storeys and floor area shall be considered for fixing the minimum

width of access.

Note: Small scale industrial unit means an industrial unit carrying on small scale industry classified by

Government from time to time for this purpose, but does not include an industry included in first schedule

of the Factories Act, 1948.”

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

James Mathew, Chief Town Planner (Administration) & ex officio Joint Secretary.

Panaji, 19th April, 2023.

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Department of Vigilance

Directorate of Vigilance

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Order

13/153/2016-VIG/529

Ref.: Order No. 13/53/2016-VIG/4310 dated 28-8-2018.

The below mentioned Ministerial posts of the Directorate of Vigilance which were lapsed

have been revived with immediate effect.

Sr. Designation of the Post Pay Level Sanctioned Strength No. of Posts

No.

(Lapsable)

Revived

Junior Stenographer

Upper Division Clerk

Lower Division Clerk

L-2

Driver

L-2

Multi Tasking Staff

L-1

The expenditure towards the Pay and Allowance of the above said revived posts shall be

debited from the Budget Head 2062—Vigilance; 00—; 105—Other Vigilance Agencies;

01—Directorate of Vigilance (Non-plan); 01—Salaries, Demand No. 22.

The above said posts have been revived with the concurrence of the Personnel Department,

Secretariat, Porvorim-Goa vide their U. O. No. 631/F dated 06-03-2023 and Finance Department

vide their U. O. No. 1400040472 dated 04-04-2023.

Amarsen Wamanrao Rane, Director (Vigilance) & ex officio Additional Secretary.

Panaji, 19th April, 2023.

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